"Very thoughtful study of a problem of the utmost importance for Colombia. The author analyzes the country's economic and political development since the post-war to better understand the profound changes it has undergone; he then proceeds to survey the known facts about the illegal drug...

Argentina and Brazil are both characterized by fairly large domestic markets for industrial products, ample supplies of agricultural and livestock resources and relatively elastic disposal of skilled and unskilled industrial labour. The article suggests that import substitution has followed...